<p>Ian and Aaron talk about Santa (obviously), do you still need an MBA (maybe not so obvious), why Ian isn't burning as many tokens as possible to get Outro out the door, what people are building with the Telegram API, and more.</p><p>Sponsored by <a href="https://bentonow.com/">Bento</a>, <a href="http://flareapp.io/performance-monitoring">Flare</a>,<a href="https://ittybit.com/"> Ittybit</a>, <a href="https://tldraw.dev/mostlytechnical">tldraw</a>, <a href="https://ogkit.dev/home">OG Kit</a>, <a href="https://tighten.com/">Tighten</a>, and <a href="https://nusii.com/">Nusii</a></p><p>Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical?  Head to <a href="https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor"><strong>https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor</strong></a> to learn more.</p><p></p><ul><li>(00:00) - Magically Better</li> <li>(08:59) - Pre-Holiday Adventures</li> <li>(17:17) - Burning The Midnight Tokens</li> <li>(25:35) - Outlasted By AI Agents</li> <li>(38:06) - Thinking Businessy</li> <li>(44:34) - Advent of SQL Update</li> <li>(50:39) - Telegram Bots</li> </ul><br>Links:<ul><li><a href="https://www.ford.com/trucks/f150-lightning/">F150 Lightning</a></li><li><a href="https://stories.rivian.com/software-digital-key-46">Rivian Digital Key</a></li><li><a href="https://www.vw.com/en/models/atlas.html">VW Atlas</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_4Runner#Third_generation_(N180;_1995)">1995 4 Runner</a></li><li><a href="https://www.lostacos1.com">Los Tacos No. 1</a></li><li><a href="https://www.basspro.com/b/santas-wonderland">Bass Pro Shop's Santa's Wonderland</a></li><li><a href="https://openai.com/index/introducing-gpt-5-2-codex/">Codex 5.2</a></li><li><a href="https://phpstan.org">PHPStan</a></li><li><a href="https://databaseschool.com/series/advent-of-sql/videos/308">Advent of SQL</a></li><li><a href="https://x.com/jeffrey_way/status/2002736261367529634?s=20">Jeffrey Way's post on building a Telegram Bot</a></li><li><a href="https://nutgram.dev">Nutgram</a></li></ul>

Mostly Technical

Ian Landsman and Aaron Francis

112: Token Machine

DEC 23, 202557 MIN
Mostly Technical

112: Token Machine

DEC 23, 202557 MIN

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Ian and Aaron talk about Santa (obviously), do you still need an MBA (maybe not so obvious), why Ian isn't burning as many tokens as possible to get Outro out the door, what people are building with the Telegram API, and more.Sponsored by Bento, Flare, Ittybit, tldraw, OG Kit, Tighten, and NusiiInterested in sponsoring Mostly Technical?  Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more.(00:00) - Magically Better (08:59) - Pre-Holiday Adventures (17:17) - Burning The Midnight Tokens (25:35) - Outlasted By AI Agents (38:06) - Thinking Businessy (44:34) - Advent of SQL Update (50:39) - Telegram Bots Links:F150 LightningRivian Digital KeyVW Atlas1995 4 RunnerLos Tacos No. 1Bass Pro Shop's Santa's WonderlandCodex 5.2PHPStanAdvent of SQLJeffrey Way's post on building a Telegram BotNutgram